Improvement in lamp-burners



w. L. CARTER.

AMP-BURNER. No. 187,810. V Patntd Feb. 27, 1877 WITNESSES; I V g v in:

4 N-PETERS, PHOYDJJTHDGRAPMER, WASHINGTON D C PATENT WIRT L. CARTER, OFMONROE, MICHIGAN.

IMPROVEMENT IN L'AMP-BURNERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 187,810, dated February27, 1877; application tiled Februaryl, 1877.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, WIRT L. CARTER, ofMonroe, Monroe county, Michigan, have invented a new and ImprovedLamp-Burner, of which the following is a specification:

. My invention relates to an improvement in Argand lamp-burners; andconsists in means for steadying or equalizing the action of theair-current to prevent flickering of the flame, as hereinafterdescribed.

Figure l is a side elevation of my improved burner.- Fig.2 is asectional elevation taken on line w m, Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a horizontalsection taken on line y y, and Fig. 4. is atop view of the regulator forthe air to the outside of the flame.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

Ais the inner air-tube, which is made to increase in size from the topdown, to prevent clogging by the dropping from the wick, and providedwith two air-inlet openings, B, at the bottom. The latter are in closedor surrounded by the air-inclosing hood 0, forming a chamber, in whichthe air settles into a quiet state before entering the tube, so that itcomes up to the flame steadier, and thus makes it steadier. D representsthe perforated annularplate regulator, which I arrange in the lower partof the burner, below the chimney-holder E, and under the hood F, forsteadying the air entering to the outside tube G, and passing up to theoutside of the flame. This hood also acts as an elongation of thechimney and increases the draft, and it has the effect of cooling theburner.

The hood (J forms a reservoir, which catches the overflow of oil fromthe lamp, caused by the expansion of the oil when the lamp, being fullof cold oil, is lighted. The oil thus caught in the hood is preventedfrom flowing down the lamp, and onto the table and the hands, as it doesin. ordinary lamps, to such an extent as to be a serious objection tothe use of lamps, which, by this contrivance, is wholly avoided.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent 1. The regulating perforated plate D, combined withthe hood F and the in et to the outside tube G, substantially asspecified.

2. The hood F, extending downward from the bottom of the chimney-holder,to form an extension of the chimney, substantially as specified.

WIRT L. CARTER. Witnesses:

JAS. V. BARRY, RUFUS E. PHINNEY.

